EU Council in Hot Water with Linux Users

The European Union consistently makes the news as proof that open source software is the wave of the future (not to mention it will save government money). We've highlighted many of those announcements in weeks past.

That's why we were rather shocked to see ZDNet's report that the EU Council's streaming video service cannot be accessed by computers running open source operating systems. Even more surprisingly, the council appears unconcerned as yet, despite more than 9,400 signatures on an online petition calling for change. (9,400 isn't huge when you consider everyone in the EU, but nonetheless...)